VNRC’s commends Governor Scott’s appointment of Katie Buckley to serve as Commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development. According VNRC’s Sustainable Communities Program Director Kate McCarthy, “Katie brings an understanding of all the benefits that smart growth can bring for communities, but even more importantly, from her work in her home community in Guilford and her service as the smart growth representative on the Downtown Board, she knows that it takes to get it done. We look forward to collaborating with her on smart growth approaches that support Vermont’s downtowns and villages.”

Read the news brief about Katie Buckley’s appointment to the Downtown Development Board here.